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Norway 1977 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1977 parliamentary election in Norway?

Labour Party won 76 of 155 seats with 42.3% of the vote. 82.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Norway
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Labour Party won 76 of 155 seats with 42.3% of the vote; 82.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.7 points on 1973.

  • Labour Party 76 +14 seats 42.3% +7.0 points
  • Conservative Party 41 +12 seats 24.8% +7.4 points
  • Christian Democratic Party 22 +2 seats 12.4% +0.2 points
  • Centre Party 12 −9 seats 8.6% −2.4 points
  • Socialist Left Party 2 −14 seats 4.2% −7.0 points
  • Liberal Party 2 0 seats 3.2% −0.3 points
  • Progress Party 0 −4 seats 1.9% −3.1 points
  • Liberal People's Party 0 −1 seat 1.4% −2.0 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Norway 1973 parliamentary election, party by party.

78 of 155 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 42.3%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 76 of 155 seats. A majority needs 78.

  2. +14 seats

    Seats gained by Labour Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1973. Centre Party lost 9 seats.

  3. 82.9%

    Voter turnout

    Up 2.7 points on 1973.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party76+1442.3+7.0972,434
Conservative Party41+1224.8+7.4563,783
Christian Democratic Party22+212.4+0.2224,355
Centre Party12−98.6−2.4184,087
Socialist Left Party2−144.2−7.096,248
Liberal Party203.2−0.354,243
Progress Party0−41.9−3.143,351
Liberal People's Party0−11.4−2.022,524

± is the change against the Norway 1973 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 972,434
  • Conservative Party 563,783
  • Christian Democratic Party 224,355
  • Centre Party 184,087
  • Socialist Left Party 96,248
  • Liberal Party 54,243
  • Progress Party 43,351
  • Liberal People's Party 22,524

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

82.9% of the 2,780,190 registered voters cast a ballot (2,304,496 ballots), up 2.7 points on 1973. 2,301,110 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party42.3% of votes49.0% of seats
  • Conservative Party24.8% of votes26.5% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party12.4% of votes14.2% of seats
  • Centre Party8.6% of votes7.7% of seats
  • Socialist Left Party4.2% of votes1.3% of seats
  • Liberal Party3.2% of votes1.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.8 by votes and 3.0 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 17.5 points of the vote.

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